Domestic Assistant

Oakdene Nursing Home is looking to recruit a Domestic Assistant.

Our award-winning home, based in Three-Legged Cross, provides person-centred care for up to 71 residents. We specialise in Residential, Dementia & Respite care.

As a Domestic Assistant, you will maintain the cleanliness of the environment and to ensure that hygiene standards are met in line with company procedures and statutory requirements.

Domestic Assistant Contract

• 27.5 hours per week, working every other weekend
• Pension
• 5.6 weeks annual leave

• Uniform provided

• Onsite parking

Duties

• Provide a domestic cleaning service within the care home to the standards set down by company policy, best practice.

• Undertake all hygienic work practices in relation to the care home environment

• Clean and protect a variety of floor surfaces

• Clean furniture, furnishing, fixtures and fittings.

• Clean sanitary fixtures and fittings and replenish sundries

• To remove refuse.

• Clean vertical surfaces without the use of access equipment

• Assist with the daily well-being of all residents and helping to establish them within their new environment.

• Ensure laundry services are effective, working in line with guidance and expectations

• Ensure laundry and personal possessions of residents is safe and returned to them, label as directed

• Ensure Health and Safety, infection prevention and control and fire safety within the laundry and wider care environment

• Ensure safe operating systems are in place in the laundry and follow these

• Work with other staff to ensure the laundry service is effective.